Name: Desulfothermobacter acidiphilus Frolov et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di’phi.lus. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, ê-on; N.L. masc. adj. acidiphilus, acid-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 3408-1; DSM 105356; VKM B-3183

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16S rRNA gene: KY465722 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Frolov EN, Zayulina KS, Kopitsyn DS, Kublanov IV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Chernyh NA. Desulfothermobacter acidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:871-875.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfothermobacter Frolov et al. 2018. Publication: Frolov EN, Zayulina KS, Kopitsyn DS, Kublanov IV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Chernyh NA. Desulfothermobacter acidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:871-875.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfothermobacter Frolov et al. 2018

Assigned by: Frolov EN, Zayulina KS, Kopitsyn DS, Kublanov IV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Chernyh NA. Desulfothermobacter acidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:871-875.

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